It’s easy to be cynical about Dominic Cummings and his desire to shake up the workings of government. His much-discussed ‘Two Hands are a Lot’ blog has caused many people much more familiar than me with the intricate workings of government to brand his efforts naive or misdirected. And yet, this isn’t an opportunity to […]
There is no easy visa policy reform that would offset the economic damage from ending free movement. But there are ways of mitigating the negative effects, such as the proposed new fast track visas for scientists. There are also ideas that would make a bad situation markedly worse. When we do, eventually, leave the EU, the […]
A new report from Tech Nation shows that despite recent political turmoil, the UK’s tech sector still punches above its weight. Based on the relative size of our economy, last year’s scale-up tech investment was 2.5 times higher than would be expected. We can rightly brand ourselves a ‘tech nation’, having created 35 per cent […]
Yesterday, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Entrepreneurship released the first of three papers. The report, authored by Sam Dumitriu, calls for a series of tax reforms that would help ensure Britain remains internationally competitive. APPGs are a broad church. Chess, rowing, mindfulness – if you can think of it, there is a decent chance […]
